THE
STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No:
79/2000/QD-UBCK
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Hanoi,
December 29, 2000
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DECISION
PROMULGATING THE REGULATION ON SECURITIES MEMBERSHIP, LISTING,
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE AND TRADING
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 15-CP of March 2,
1993 on the tasks, powers and State management responsibilities of the ministries
and ministerial-level agencies;
Pursuant to the Government’s
Decree No. 75/CP of November 28, 1996 on the establishment of the State
Securities Commission;
Pursuant to the Government’s
Decree No. 48/1998/ND-CP of July 11, 1998 on securities and securities market;
Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s
Decision No 127/1998/QD-TTg of July 11, 1998 on the establishment of the
Securities Trading Centers;
At the proposal of the Director of the Securities Market Development Department,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To
promulgate together with this Decision the Regulation on securities membership,
listing, information disclosure and trading.
Article 2.- This
Decision takes effect after its signing and replaces Decision No.
04/1999/QD-UBCK1 of March 27, 1999 and Decision No. 42/2000/QD-UBCK1 of June
12, 2000 of the Chairman of the State Securities Commission.
Article 3.- The Director
of the Office, the Director of the Securities Market Development Department,
the Directors of the Securities Trading Centers, the heads of the units
attached to the State Securities Commission and the concerned parties shall
have to implement this Decision.
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CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
Nguyen Duc Quang
REGULATION
ON SECURITIES MEMBERSHIP, LISTING, INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
AND TRADING
(Promulgated together with Decision No. 79/2000/QD/UBCK of December 29, 2000
of the Chairman of the State Securities Commission)
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.- This
Regulation prescribes the securities membership, listing, information
disclosure and trading.
Article 2.- In this
Regulation, the following terms shall be understood as follows:
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2. Listed organization is an issuing
organization that has securities listed at the STC.
3. Split of shares is the increase
of the number of shares in circulation by a prescribed percentage without
increasing the equity capital of a listed organization and without changing the
holding portions of its shareholders.
4. Reverse split of shares is the
decrease of the number of shares in circulation by a prescribed percentage
without decreasing the equity capital of a listed organization and without
changing the holding portions of its shareholders.
5. Trading system is the computer system
used in service of trading activities at the STC.
6. Order routing system is a system
performing the transfer of trading orders from the STC members to the STC.
7. Executed price is a securities price
determined on the basis of order matching result.
8. Opening price is an executed price at
the first order matching time of a trading day.
9. Closing price is an executed price at
the final order matching time of a trading day. Where the executed price is not
available on the trading day, the closing price shall be the closing price of
the latest trading day.
10. Price fluctuation range is the
fluctuation extent of securities prices set out on a trading day as compared
with the referred price.
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12. Limit order is a securities buying or
selling order placed by an investor for his/her broker to execute at an
instructed price or better.
13. Periodical information disclosure is
the disclosure of information at a prescribed time point.
14. Prompt information disclosure is the
disclosure of information immediately after the occurrence of important events
that may affect the securities prices or investors
interests.
15. Information disclosure at request is
the disclosure of information when the State Securities Commission (hereafter
referred to as the SSC) or the STC so requests.
16. End terminal is the input and output
equipment used for receiving or transmitting information.
17. Value of net assets of a securities
investment fund is the total value of assets and investments owned by a fund
minus its debt liabilities at the time of calculation.
18. Net assets of a listed organization
is the total existing assets minus the payable debts of an issuing organization
at the time of calculation.
19. Treasury share is a share already
issued and bought or sold on the market by the issuing organization itself.
Chapter II
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Article 3.- A STC
member (hereafter referred to as member for short) is a securities firm that
holds the brokerage or dealing license and has already registered its business
with the STC. Only members can conduct securities trading at the STC.
Article 4.- A securities
firm that wishes to be a member shall have to file to the STC a registration
dossier comprising:
1. An application for the STC membership
registration, made according to the set form;
2. The copy of its securities operation license;
3. The copies of practitioner licenses of its
business staff members.
Article 5.- A member
shall have the following obligations:
1. To comply with the STC’s
regulations on securities trading activities;
2. To be subject to the inspection and
supervision by the STC;
3. To pay the membership fee, trading fee and
fee for use of the trading system;
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5. To report to the STC on:
a/ Its operation and financial situation
according to the provisions of the Regulation on organization and operation of
securities firms;
b/ Its monthly securities trading activities,
according to the set form, within the first 5 days of the following month;
c/ Its amalgamation, merger, division,
separation, transformation and branch establishment; when its operation is
partially or entirely terminated; or the restructure of the firm (if any);
d/ Information relating to the member’s activities when so requested
by the STC;
e/ Activities which it detects as having
violated the legislation on securities and securities market.
6. Besides reports specified in Clause 5 of this
Article, a member shall have to report to the STC on the following events
within 24 hours after their occurrence:
a/ The increase or decrease of its charter
capital;
b/ The state of bankruptcy or dissolution it
falls into;
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d/ Its being the plaintiff or defendant in a
court case;
e/ Its bank accounts being suspended or frozen
or the suspending or freezing orders, which have been cancelled;
f/ Its head office being relocated or its branch’s office opened, shut down or
relocated;
g/ Its director or business staffer(s) being
subject to investigation by law enforcement bodies or to court rulings.
Article 6.- A member
shall have the following rights:
1. To use the trading system and services
provided by the STC;
2. To collect service charges from clients as
prescribed by laws;
3. To request the STC to act as the intermediary
for conciliation when there appear disputes relating to securities business
activities;
4. To withdraw from the STC’s membership after it is so
approved by the STC.
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1. Members shall appoint
their trading representatives to perform trading tasks at the STC. Trading
representatives must be business staffers of the members and shall be granted
the trading representative’s
cards by the STC. A trading representative’s
card shall be valid for 2 years and may be renewed at the request of the
member.
2. Trading representatives, when conducting
their activities at the STC, shall have to abide by the STC’s regulations.
3. The members shall take responsibility for all
acts relating to the trading task performance at the STC by their own trading
representatives.
Article 8.-
1. The trading
representative’s card shall
be withdrawn in the following cases:
a/ The STC detects fraudulence in the application
for the trading representative’s
card;
b/ The trading representative has failed to
perform his/her task for one month without reasons;
c/ The trading representative has had his/her
practitioner license withdrawn;
d/ The member requests the STC to withdraw the
trading representative card;
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2. The trading representative may only apply for
re-granting of trading representative’s
card 6 months after his/her previous card is withdrawn.
Article 9.-
1. Members must not trade
in securities listed outside the STC, except for cases where they buy odd lot
securities from their clients. Members may only buy odd lot securities
according to their shareholders’
lists already registered with the STC.
2. Members shall receive orders from their
clients at their head-offices, branches or transaction places approved by the
SSC.
Article 10.- Before
opening accounts or providing services for their clients, members shall have to
sign written contracts with their clients according to the Regulation on
organization and operation of securities firms. Members shall have to keep
dossiers on clients and supply necessary information when so requested by the
STC and the SSC.
Article 11.-
1. Before entering orders
into the trading system, members shall check deposits on their clients’ accounts according to the
regulations on security deposits in Clause 1, Article 57 of this Regulation.
2. Members shall request their clients to fill
in the order forms within the trading day. Order forms of clients shall be kept
according to the current law provisions.
3. Members shall make and keep order-receiving
books according to the set form. An order-receiving book shall contain:
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b/ Trading orders executed within a day.
Article 12.- Members
shall send written notices to their clients confirming the result of execution
of such clients’ trading
orders within the trading day. The written notice confirming the order
execution shall be made in two original copies, one shall be sent to the
concerned client, the another kept at the member’s
head-office.
Article 13.- Monthly or
at its clients’ requests, a
member shall have to send to each client an abstract of the monetary and
securities account made according to the set form within the first 5 days of
the following month or 5 days after such a request is made.
Article 14.-
1. In cases where its
clients wish to sell securities they are holding in form of certificates, the
member shall request such clients to submit the securities certificates before
placing orders. When the clients submit securities certificates, the member
shall have to give them the receipts thereof and conduct the custody thereof at
the STC under Decision No.05/1999/QD-UBCK3 of March 27, 1999 of the Chairman of
the State Securities Commission promulgating the Regulation on securities
custody, clearing payment and registration and the STC’s
regulations.
2. In cases where its clients wish to withdraw
securities certificates available in their accounts, the member shall, at such
clients’ written requests,
have to carry out the procedures for withdrawing securities according to the STC’s regulations and return the
securities certificates to the clients or persons authorized by the clients.
Chapter III
SECURITIES LISTING
Article 15.- Securities
listed at the STC shall include:
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2. Shares already registered for listing at the
STC;
3. Corporate bonds already registered for
listing at the STC;
4. Investment fund certificates already
registered for listing at the STC.
Article 16.-
1. An issuing
organization wishing to list its shares and/or bonds for the first time shall have
to file to the STC a dossier of registration for listing, comprising:
a/ An application for listing registration, made
according to the set form;
b/ A copy of its issuing license granted by the
State Securities Commission;
c/ A report on the result of the offer for sale
of its shares and/or bonds to the public;
d/ A book for monitoring its shareholders or
bond holders.
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2. Past five working days after the STC receives
the complete dossier of listing registration, the issuing organization’s securities shall be listed at
the STC.
3. In cases where it registers for listing 1
year after being granted the issuing license by the SSC, besides the dossier
prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article, the issuing organization shall have to
send to the STC its financial reports for the latest 2 consecutive years,
including: the accounting balance sheet, the business operation result report
and the financial statement explanation (enclosed with the independent audit’s comments). The STC shall
consider and decide within 45 days after receiving the complete dossier
applying for listing.
4. The listing of Government bonds shall be
effected as follows: The body authorized by the Government for the issuance
(the Finance Ministry, the State Treasury) shall file dossiers of registration
for listing to the STC, each comprises:
a/ A written request for listing;
b/ A report on the issuance result (bond type,
volume, par value, interest rate, maturity and the list of bond holders).
Past five days after the dossiers are filed, the
Government bonds shall be listed at the STC.
Article 17.-
1. A fund-managing
company that wishes to list investment fund certificates shall have to file to
the STC a dossier of registration for the listing, comprising:
a/ An application for listing registration, made
according to the set form;
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c/ A copy of the license for setting up the
investment fund and issuing investment fund certificates, granted by the SSC;
d/ A report on the result of the offer for sale
of investment fund certificates to the public;
e/ A book for monitoring the investment fund
certificate owners.
2. Past five working days after the STC receives
the complete registration dossier, the investment fund certificates shall be
listed at the STC.
Article 18.-
1. An issuing
organization that issues securities not prescribed in the Government’s Decree No.48/1998/ND-CP and
wishes to have its securities listed at the STC shall, after making the
re-registration in accordance with the provisions of Section XI of Circular
No.01/1998/TT-UBCK of October 13, 1998 guiding Decree No.48/1998/ND-CP on the
issuance of shares and bonds to the public, have to file to the STC a dossier
of registration for the listing, comprising:
a/ An application for listing registration, made
according to the set form;
b/ A copy of the written re-registration
approval granted by the SSC;
c/ A book for monitoring its shareholders or
bondholders.
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2. Past five working days after the STC receives
the complete dossier of listing registration, the securities of such issuing
organization shall be listed at the STC.
Article 19.-
1. A listed organization
that wishes to have its shares additionally listed shall have to file to the
STC a dossier of registration for additional listing, comprising:
a/ An application for additional listing
registration;
b/ A copy of the additional issuance permit
granted by the SSC;
c/ A report on the result of the public sale
offer of the additional issuance;
d/ A shareholder monitoring book.
2. Past five working days after the complete
dossier of additional listing registration is received, the additionally issued
shares shall be listed at the STC.
Article 20.-
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a/ An application for listing change
registration, made according to the set form;
b/ The details of name change, share split or
reverse split (proportion and duration of share split or reverse split, volume
of shares in circulation).
2. Past five working days after the complete
dossier of listing change registration is received, the listing change shall be
effective.
Article 21.-
1. A listed organization
that has its securities delisted and wishes to have them relisted shall file to
the STC a dossier of application for relisting, comprising:
a/ An application for relisting, made according
to the set form;
b/ A book monitoring the shareholders or
bondholders of the issuing organization;
c/ Financial reports for the latest two
consecutive years, including: the accounting balance sheet, the business
operation result report and the financial report explanation (enclosed with the
independent auditing agency’s
comments).
2. Within 45 days after receiving the complete
application dossiers, the STC shall consider and permit the relisting.
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Article 22.- An issuing
organization defined in Clause 3, Article 16 and Article 21 of this Regulation
may list its securities if it meets the following conditions:
1. It has a minimum charter capital of VND 10
billion;
2. Its business activities have yielded profits
in the latest 2 consecutive years up to the date of applying for listing or
relisting; its financial situation is healthy and it has good development
prospects;
3. At least 20% of its equity capital must be
held by more than 100 outside investors. In cases where its equity capital is
VND 100 billion or more, this portion shall be 15% (if this capital is in form
of shares);
4. At least 20% of the total value of its bonds
must be held by more than 100 investors. In cases where the total value of
bonds applied for issuance is VND 100 billion or more, this portion shall be
15% of the total value of to be-issued bonds (if this capital is in form of
bonds);
5. The auditing agency’s
opinions on its financial reports for the latest 2 consecutive years up to the
date of applying for listing or relisting must be "full acceptance"
or "accepted with acceptance".
6. The causes of delisting have been overcome
(for cases of application for relisting).
Article 23.-
1. In cases where a
fund-managing company wishes to relist its investment fund certificates, which
have been delisted according to provisions of Article 27 of this Regulation, it
shall file to the STC a dossier comprising:
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b/ A book of monitoring investment fund
certificate holders;
c/ A report evidencing that the causes of
delisting have been overcome.
2. Within 45 days after receiving the complete
dossiers, the STC shall consider and permit the relisting.
3. The fund-managing company shall not be
considered for relisting within 2 years after the delisting.
Article 24.- A
fund-managing company specified in Article 23 of this Regulation may relist its
investment fund certificates if it meets the following conditions:
1. The fund’s
net asset value is larger than VND 5 billion;
2. It has a healthy financial situation and
bright development prospects;
3. The auditing agency’s
opinions on the fund’s
financial reports for the latest 2 consecutive years up to the date of applying
for relisting must be "fully acceptance" or "acceptance with acception".
4. The causes for delisting have been overcome.
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Article 26.- Shares and
bonds shall be delisted in the following cases:
1. Listed organizations go bankrupt or are
dissolved;
2. Listed organizations have discontinued their
main business activities for one year or more or have their business
registration certificates or main operation licenses withdrawn;
3. The auditing agency’s
opinions on financial reports of listed organizations for 2 consecutive years
are non-acceptance or refusal to give opinions;
4. Listed organizations deliberately or
frequently breach regulations on information disclosure;
5. Listed organizations fail to submit annual
reports for 2 consecutive years;
6. No transactions on shares or bonds listed at
the STC have been conducted for one year;
7. Net assets of listed organizations have been
negative for 2 consecutive years;
8. The conditions prescribed in Clause 3,
Article 22 of this Regulation have not been met for over one year (if the
capital is in the form of shares);
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10. The remaining time for bond repayment is
under 2 months; or all bonds are bought back by issuing organizations before
their maturity;
11. Listed organizations have filed applications
for delisting and obtained the STC’s
approval;
12. The SSC deems it necessary to delist in
order to protect the investors’
interests.
Article 27.- Investment
fund certificates shall be delisted in the following cases:
1. The issuing funds are dissolved;
2. The fund-managing companies deliberately or
frequently breach regulations on information disclosure;
3. No transactions on investment fund
certificates listed at the STC have been conducted for one year;
4. The investment fund certificate prices have
dropped, by over 20% a year for 2 consecutive years;
5. The number of investors has been less than
100 for a period of more than one year;
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7. The fund-managing companies have filed
applications for delisting and obtained the STC’s
approval;
8. The State Securities Commission deems it
necessary to make the delisting in order to protect the investors’ interests.
Article 28.-
1. A listed organization
or a fund-managing company that wishes to cancel its listing at the STC shall
have to file to the STC a dossier comprising:
a/ An application for the delisting, made
according to the set form, clearly stating the reasons therefor;
b/ The resolution of the shareholders’ congress on delisting.
2. Past thirty days after receiving the complete
dossier specified in Clause 1 of this Article, the STC shall either approve or
reject the delisting application.
3. Fifteen days before the delisting, the STC
shall publicly announce to the investors and inform the concerned listed
organization or fund-managing company of the date and reason(s) for delisting.
Article 29.- Listed
shares and bonds shall be put on the list of securities subject to control in
the following cases:
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2. The auditing agency’s
opinions on annual financial reports of listed organizations are non-acceptance
or first refusal to give opinions;
3. Listed organizations breach regulations on
information disclosure;
4. Listed organizations fail to submit their
annual reports for the first time;
5. Net assets of listed organizations are
negative;
6. The conditions prescribed in Clause 3,
Article 22 of this Regulation have not been met (if the capital is in form of
shares);
7. The conditions prescribed in Clause 4,
Article 22 of this Regulation have not been met (if the capital is in form of
bonds).
8. Enterprises’
shares or bonds have not been traded for 3 months.
Article 30.- Listed
investment fund certificates shall be put on the list of securities subject to
control in the following cases:
1. Fund-managing companies fail to submit their
annual reports for the first time;
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3. The number of investment fund certificate holders
of each fund is less than 100.
4. Investment fund certificates have not been
traded for 3 months.
Chapter IV
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
Article 31.-
1. The STC, listed
organizations and fund-managing companies shall disclose information according
to the provisions of this Regulation.
2. The information disclosure by the listed
organizations and fund-managing companies shall be performed by the information
disclosing employees.
3. The listed organizations and fund-managing
companies shall have to appoint their information disclosing employees and
submit to the STC the dossiers on such employees, which include a curriculum
vitae and the concerned listed organization’s
letter of authorization, made according to the set form.
4. In case of replacement of their information
disclosing employees, the listed organizations and fund-managing companies
shall have to report it to the STC in writing.
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1. A listed organization
shall have to quarterly and biannually report to the STC and the SSC on its
operation result, capital, assets, turnover, profit, taxes... within the first
15 days of the following quarter or month.
2. A listed organization shall have to publicly
announce its annual report within 90 days after the end of a fiscal year,
including: the accounting balance sheet, business operation result report,
monetary circulation report, financial report explanation made according to
currently set form (together with the auditing agency’s
opinions accepted) and summarized report with prescribed contents;
3. In cases where a listed organization owns 50%
or more of equity capital of another organization, or otherwise, 50% or more of
its equity capital is held by another organization, its financial report must
include the latter’s
financial report;
4. The listed organizations’ annual reports prescribed in
Clauses 2 and 3 of this Article shall be submitted to the STC and the SSC,
published on yearly publications of such listed organizations, and briefly
published on a centrally-run newspaper for two consecutive issues.
5. Annual reports shall be kept for 2 years at
the STC’s information
disclosure section for reference by investors.
Article 33.-
1. A listed organization
shall have to make prompt information disclosure when:
a/ Its bank account is suspended or frozen; or
the freezing order is canceled and the account is resumed;
b/ It falls into the state of bankruptcy or
decides to dissolve;
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d/ Its business activities have been ceased for
more than 3 months, are suspended or resumed after suspension; its main product
is suspended from circulation;
e/ Its business registration certificate or
operation license is withdrawn;
f/ It suffers from a loss equal to 10% or more
of its equity capital’s
value;
g/ It is prosecuted for matters related to the
listed organization;
h/ It decides to pay dividends;
i/ It decides to change its business objectives;
j/ It decides to make an investment for production
and/or business expansion valued at 10% or more of its total equity capital’s value;
k/ It decides to apply new technology or
transfer technology; purchase or sell its fixed assets with a value equal to
10% or more of its total equity capital;
l/ It decides to invest in another organization’s shares with a value equal to
10% or more of its total equity capital;
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n/ The tax agency investigates violation(s) of
the tax legislation; or there is a court rule concerning the firm’s business activities;
o/ It signs a loan contract or issues bonds with
a value of 30% or more of its total equity capital;
p/ It issues reward shares or shares for payment
of dividends with a value of 10% or more of its equity capital;
q/ It convenes shareholders’ congress (including annual
congress and extraordinary one), informing the date, agenda and result of such
congress; it changes its director, head office address or appellation;
r/ It files an application for delisting;
s/ Other events that may adversely affect the
securities’ prices or the
investors’ interests,
occur;
t/ Its founding shareholders, managing board’s members or key posts’ holders (general directors,
deputy general directors, chief accountants...) wish to sell or buy its shares.
2. The listed organization shall have to
promptly report in writing on events specified in Clause 1 of this Article to
the STC within 24 hours after their occurrence; and disclose such events on a centrally-run
newspaper and a newspaper of the locality where such issuing organization’s head office is located within
3 days after the occurrence thereof .
3. The STC shall disclose events specified in
Clause 1 of this Article on its own information disclosing means. Particularly
for cases specified at Points n, r and s, the STC shall have to disclose such
events on the mass media.
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1. A listed organization
shall have to disclose information at the requests of the STC or the SSC when:
a/ There is a rumor concerning the listed
organization, which affects the securities prices and needs to be verified;
b/ The listed securities’
prices and trading volume are volatile.
2. The listed organization shall have to
disclose information as provided for in Clause 1 of this Article within 24
hours after the STC or SSC makes its request, on a centrally-run newspaper and
a newspaper of the locality where such organization’s
head office is located; and report to the STC and SSC thereon in writing.
3. The STC shall specify the contents of
information to be disclosed by issuing organizations at requests.
Article 35.-
1. Fund-managing
companies shall have to disclose their quarterly, biannual and annual reports.
2. The annual report must contain the following:
a/ Accounting balance sheet, business operation
result report, monetary circulation report and financial report explanation of
the fund-managing company (together with the auditing agency’s opinions
"accepted"), made according to the current set forms;
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c/ Other changes relating to the company’s organization and operation;
d/ Accounting balance sheet, business operation
result report and financial report explanation of each fund made according to
the current set form;
e/ The fund’s
profit and profit distribution in the reporting period;
f/ The fund’s
net assets and prices of investment fund certificates in circulation at the end
of the reporting period;
g/ Change of the fund manager;
h/ Important decisions concerning the fund’s investment policies.
3. Reports specified at Points d, e and f,
Clause 2 of this Article must be certified by the fund-supervising bank.
4. The annual reports shall be disclosed within
90 days after the end of a fiscal year.
5. Fund-managing companies’ periodical reports specified in
Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of this Article shall be submitted to the STC and the SSC,
published on the yearly publications of listed organizations and briefly
published on a centrally-run newspaper for 2 consecutive issues.
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Article 36.-
1. A fund-managing company
shall have to promptly disclose information when:
a/ Its operation has been suspended;
b/ It decides on its amalgamation, merger, split
up, division or transformation;
c/ It suffers from a loss equal to 10% or more
of its equity capital;
d/ The chairman of its managing board or its
executive director is prosecuted;
e/ It falls into the state of bankruptcy or
decides to be dissolved;
f/ It decides to shut down or open a branch;
g/ It makes important changes in its business activities,
which may affect the fund management;
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i/ The fund-supervising bank is replaced;
j/ The fund-managing company is replaced;
k/ The fund charter is amended and/or
supplemented;
l/ The fund is dissolved.
2. The fund-managing company shall have to
report to the STC events specified in Clause 1 of this Article within 24 hours
after the occurrence of such events and disclose them on a centrally-run
newspaper and a newspaper of the locality where the company’s head office is located within
3 days after the occurrence of such events.
Article 37.-
1. The fund-managing
companies shall have to disclose information at the request of the STC or the
SSC when:
a/ There is a rumor which may affect the prices
of investment fund certificates and needs to be verified;
b/ The trading prices and volume of investment
fund certificates are volatile.
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3. The STC shall specify the contents to be
disclosed at requests by fund-managing companies.
Article 38.-
1. In cases where the
information disclosure cannot be made on time due to force majeure, the listed
organizations and fund-managing companies shall have to report to the STC and
the SSC, then effect the information disclosure as soon as possible.
2. The SSC and the STC may consider and approve
the non-disclosure or temporary postponement of disclosure when:
a/ The information may affect the national
security, defense and interests;
b/ The information may reveal business secrets
or cause harms to listed organizations;
c/ The information may lead to misunderstanding
and affect the investors
interests;
Article 39.- Listed
organizations, fund-managing companies and involved persons must not:
1. Disclose false information;
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3. Disclose conflicting information and negate
previously disclosed information;
4. Use undisclosed information for the purpose
of buying or selling securities.
Article 40.- The STC
shall have to disclose the following information:
1. Information on trading activities on the
market, including:
a/ Securities trading prices (including the
opening price, closing price, highest price and lowest price) on a trading day;
b/ Trading volume;
c/ Trading value;
d/ Result of block trading (names of securities,
trading prices and volume);
e/ Trading activities of redeeming or reselling
shares of listed organizations by themselves (names of shares, trading prices
and volume).
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a/ The best offer price, the best ask price;
b/ The size of trading orders;
c/ The number of buying orders or selling
orders;
3. Information on listed securities price index,
including:
a/ Assorted share price index;
b/ Average share price;
c/ Bond price index.
4. Information on market management, including:
a/ Halt or allowed resumption of listed
securities trading;
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c/ The securities which are subject to control;
d/ Delisting of a type of securities or allowed
relisting of such type of securities;
e/ Membership suspension or allowed resumption
of members’ operation;
f/ Other information relating to the market
management.
5. Information on market situation, including:
a/ Trading situation of 5 top shares;
b/ Size of trading orders placed for 5 top
shares;
c/ Daily share price fluctuation;
d/ Shares with closing prices reaching the
ceiling or floor limit.
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6. Information on listed organizations and
fund-managing companies, including:
a/ Financial status;
b/ Securities names, issuing volumes, par values
and prices;
c/ Administrative sanctions related to
securities;
d/ Other information.
7. Information on members, including:
a/ Trading activities;
b/ Sanctions against members;
c/ Other information.
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a/ Organizations and/or individuals that conduct
transactions which change their respective holding of 5% or more of the voting
shares or that no longer hold 5% of the voting shares of a listed organization.
b/ The open bidding by organizations and/or
individuals that conduct securities trading with a volume equal to 25% or more
of the voting shares of a listed organization.
c/ Other information.
Article 41.-
1. The STC shall disclose
the market information through its means, including: electronic display-board
at the STC, end terminals or other computerized means on the trading floor, as well
as publications of the STC.
2. The STC may use the mass media to disclose
information.
Article 42.-
1. The STC shall supply
information on listed organizations and fund-managing companies to securities
firms. The securities firms shall have to further supply information on listed
organizations and fund-managing companies to investors.
2. The STC shall keep and preserve the market
information according to the provisions of law.
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SECURITIES TRADING
Article 43.-
1. The STC shall organize
securities trading sessions on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, except the
public holidays provided for in the Labor Code.
2. The Chairman of the State Securities
Commission shall decide to change trading days when deeming it necessary.
Article 44.-
1. The STC may change the
trading hours in the following cases where:
a/ Transactions cannot be effected as usual due
to incidents in the trading system;
b/ A half (1/2) or more of the STC members meet
with incidents in the trading order routing system;
c/ Such force majeure events as natural
calamities, fires or other objective events occur.
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3. When events mentioned at Point c, Clause 1,
this Article, occur, the STC shall base itself on the actual situation to
decide and announce the change of trading hours.
Article 45.-
1. The STC shall organize
trading through the trading system by two following modes:
a/ Order-matching mode: is a trading mode
whereby clients’ buying
orders and selling orders are matched on the principle that the executed price
shall be determined as follows:
a.1. Being the price at which the maximum
securities volume is traded;
a.2. If there are more than one price level
satisfying Point a.1 of this Article, the price level that is equal to or
closer to the executed price of the latest order matching time shall be chosen;
a.3. If there are still more than one price
level satisfying Point a.2. of this Article, the higher price level shall be
chosen.
b/ Negotiation mode: is a trading mode whereby
members negotiate among themselves on the trading conditions.
2. Securities trading by foreign investors at
the STC shall be managed as follows:
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b/ Securities volume to be bought by foreigners
shall be deducted from that allowed to be bought right after the buying orders
are executed. Securities volume to be sold by foreigners shall be added to that
allowed to be bought after the trading settlement.
c/ After buying orders are executed, if the
securities volume allowed to be bought has run out, the foreigners’ securities buying orders that
have been partially executed or not yet been executed shall be automatically
canceled, while new buying orders entered into the trading system shall not be
accepted.
Article 46.-
1. Trading orders
processed by the order-matching mode shall be limit orders entered by members’ trading representatives into
the trading system at the STC.
2. Orders already entered into the trading
system shall not be allowed to be canceled and be valid till the end of the
trading day.
3. Trading representatives shall be allowed to
correct orders only in case of entering wrong identification numbers of the
investors’ trading
accounts. The correction of trading orders shall be valid only when the
original orders have not yet been executed.
Article 47.- A trading
order to be entered into the trading system by the order-matching mode shall
include the following:
1. Buying order or selling order;
2. Code of securities;
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4. Price;
5. Identification number of the investor’s trading account;
6. Symbols of trading orders:
- Dealing orders of members (P);
- Brokerage orders of members (C);
- Orders from foreign custody members (F);
- Orders from domestic custody members (M).
7. Other details prescribed by the STC.
Article 48.-
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a/ Shares: 100 shares;
b/ Bonds: 10 bonds;
c/ Investment fund certificates: 100
certificates.
2. The quotation units are prescribed as
follows:
a/ Trading by the order-matching mode:
Prices
Shares
Investment fund certificates
Bonds
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VND 100
VND 100
VND 100
50,000-99,500
VND 500
VND 500
VND 100
≥ 100,000
VND 1,000
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VND 100
b/ By the negotiation mode: there is no prescription
on quotation units.
Article 49.-
1. Basing itself on the
specific actual conditions and situation, the STC shall prescribe the specific
price fluctuation range on each trading day after obtaining consents of the SSC
Chairman.
2. Securities price fluctuation limits are
calculated as follows:
Maximum price = Referred price + (Referred price
x price fluctuation range)
Minimum price = Referred price - (Referred price
x price fluctuation range)
3. Referred price is determined as follows:
a/ Referred prices for normally traded shares,
investment fund certificates and bonds shall be the closing price of the
preceding trading day;
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c/ In cases where securities are subject to, are
no longer subject to the control or are suspended from trading for more than 30
days, the referred price shall be determined according to the provisions at
Point b of this Article;
d/ In cases where securities trading is not
entitled to cum-rights, the referred price shall be determined by readjusting
the closing price of the latest trading day to the value of the cum-rights;
e/ In case of share split or reverse split, the
referred price thereafter shall be determined by readjusting the closing price
of the trading day preceding to the date of split according to the share split
or reverse split rate.
f/ In some necessary cases, the STC may apply
the other methods of determining the referred price after obtaining consent of
the SSC Chairman.
Article 50.- Time schedule
for trading by order-matching mode and negotiation mode shall be set by the STC
after obtaining consent of the SSC Chairman.
Article 51.- Trading
orders to be entered into the trading system shall be matched in the following
priority order:
1. Price priority:
a/ Buying orders with higher price shall be
executed first;
b/ Selling orders with lower price shall be
executed first.
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Article 52.- Trading
result of each member shall be separately notified by the STC to such members trading representative and contain the
following:
1. Identification number of the trading order;
2. Identification number of the trading
confirmation notice;
3. Securities code;
4. Executed price;
5. Buying or selling quantity;
6. Time of trading execution;
7. Buying or selling order;
8. Order’s
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10. Identification number of the member’s trading representative.
Article 53.-
1. The block trading is
the trading with the following minimum volume:
a/ For shares: 10,000 shares;
b/ For investment fund certificates: 10,000
certificates;
c/ For bonds: 3,000 bonds;
2. The block trading shall be effected by
negotiation mode and in compliance with the following regulations:
a/ Trading representatives shall check price
offers of other members and enter their price offers into the trading system.
Each contains the following:
a.1: Securities bid or ask
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a.3: Quantity
a.4: Price
a.5: Contact telephone number
b. After reaching an agreement on trading terms
and conditions, the seller’s
trading representative shall enter the already agreed trading order into the
trading system with the following details:
b.1: Securities code
b.2: Quantity
b.3: Price
b.4: Identification number of the buying member
b.5: Identification number of the buyer’s trading representative
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b.7: Identification number of the investor’s trading account
c/ Negotiated transactions’ results shall be displayed on
the screens of members’
trading representatives at the STC. Trading representatives shall have to check
the completed transactions through the following details:
c.1: Securities code
c.2: Trading by the negotiation mode
c.3: Identification number of the trading
confirmation notice
c.4: Identification number of the investor’s account
c.5: Status of the transaction
c.6: Partner in the transaction
c.7: Trading order’s
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Monthly, member securities firms shall have to
report on odd lot trading results to the STC.
Article 54.-
1. Listed organizations
that wish to buy or sell treasury shares shall have to file applications for
permission according to the STC’s
regulations.
2. Listed organizations shall be permitted to
redeem no more than 30% of the total volume of common shares, a part or the
whole volume of other types of shares which have already been issued.. On each
trading day, a listed organization shall be allowed to place orders only once
with a minimum volume equal to 3% and a maximum volume equal to 5% of the total
volume stated in the application. In special cases, the STC may permit listed
organizations to place trading orders exceeding 5% of the total volume stated
in their applications.
3. In cases where a listed organization redeems
treasury shares in a volume exceeding 25% of its voting shares, it must effect
such redemption by mode bidding according to the SSC’s
regulations.
4. Listed organizations shall have to conclude
the listed share redemption or resale within 3 months after they obtain the
approval thereof. In case of redemption, the listed organizations shall be
allowed to sell the redeemed shares after holding them for at least 6 months.
Article 55.-
1. Organizations and/or
individuals that conduct transactions which change their holding of 5% or more
of the voting shares or that no longer hold 5% of the voting shares of a listed
organization shall have to report it to the STC within 24 hours after the
transactions are settled.
2. Organizations and/or individuals that wish to
make a securities trading with a volume of 25% or more of the voting shares of
a listed organization shall have to organize an open bidding according to the
SSC’s regulations.
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Article 57.-
1. When securities buying
or selling orders are placed to a member, the balance of the ordering client’s account opened at such member
must satisfy the requirement that the deposit is equal to 100% of the value of
securities ordered to buy or full volume of securities ordered to sell.
2. For members’
dealing orders, no deposit is required.
3. Before entering trading orders into the
trading system, securities firms shall have to check the securities holding
rate of foreign investors through their accounts at foreign custody members.
Article 58.-
1. In cases where the
price or volume of a specific securities type is volatile, the STC shall
describe warning signals and may decide to halt the trading of such securities
type and request the concerned listed organization to disclose necessary
information.
2. In case of share split or reverse split, the
STC shall halt the trading of such type of share till the share split or
reverse split is completed.
3. The STC may decide to halt the trading of a
specific type of securities in order to protect the common interests of the
public investors or to ensure the fair and stable operation of the securities
market.
4. The STC shall prescribe symbols to be
displayed on electronic boards and disclose on its communication means events
specified at Points c, d and e, Clause 3 of Article 49 and Clauses 1 and 3 of
this Article.
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Article 60.-
1. Securities shall be
subject to control when they fall into the state prescribed in Articles 29 and
30 of this Regulation, and shall no longer be subject to control when the STC
has overcome such state.
2. When securities are subject to or no longer
subject to control, the STC shall suspend the securities trading to
re-determine the referred price for such securities.
Chapter VI
IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS
Article 61.- Any supplements and/or amendments to this Regulation shall
be decided by the Chairman of the State Securities Commission.
CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
Nguyen Duc Quang
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